Spatial Database for GPS Wildlife Tracking Data : A Practical Guide to Creating a Data Management System with PostgreSQL/PostGIS and R - Urbano, Ferdinando; Cagnacci, Francesca; SpringerLink (Online service) (Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Introduction. - Wildlife Tracking Data Management: Chances Come from Difficulties -- Storing Tracking Data in an Advanced Database Platform (PostgreSQL) -- Extending the Database Data Model: Animals and Sensors -- From Data to Information: Associating GPS Positions to Animals -- Spatial is not Special: Managing Tracking data in a Spatial Database -- From Points to Habitat: Relating Environmental Information to GPS Positions -- Tracking Animals in a Dynamic Environment: Remote Sensing Image Time Series -- Data quality: Detection and Management of Outliers -- Exploring Tracking Data: Representations, Methods and Tools in a Spatial DB -- From Data Management to Analysis: Connecting R with the Database -- A Step Further in the Integration of Data Management and Analysis: Pl/R -- Deciphering Animals' Behavior: Joining GPS and Activity Data -- A Bigger Picture: Data Standards, Interoperability, Data Sharing.    .
Keywords: Animal ecology; Conservation biology; Ecology .; Zoology; Biodiversity; Community ecology, Biotic; Behavioral sciences; Animal Ecology; Conservation Biology/Ecology.; Zoology; Biodiversity; Community & Population Ecology; Behavioral Sciences